02/26/08 - Greenwich Newswire For Tuesday

'Cascade,' by artist Tom Richardson, right, is on display at the Bank of Greenwich. At left, Janice Stearns, vice of the bank, helps Mr. Richardson show off his work.

Greenwich News Reports

‘Pixels’ canvas the Bank of Greenwich
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT

A one-artist-show of works by Tom Richardson will be on view at The Bank of Greenwich, at 165 Mason St.

It is open to the public during normal business hours through the end of March.
Mr. Richardson’s “Pixels to Canvas 2” exhibit is a compilation of 10 pixel and oil paintings and drawings including montage/collage, oil portraits, computer graphics and photography.

“A full range of Tom’s creativity and imagination are on display here and we couldn’t be more excited in sharing his talents with the community”, said Robert J. Oca, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Bank of Greenwich. “As a lifelong Greenwich resident, I fully appreciate the role art continues to play in our community to enrich and inspire. Tom Richardson’s work is a fine example of that.”....

...Mr. Richardson has shared a rewarding college internship program with his firm and many institutions including Cornell, Yale, NYU, Syracuse, Manhattanville, Parsons, RSDI, SUNY and others across the country.

To learn more about Mr. Richardson’s work, go to Logo500.com (click ‘Richardson Art’ header) or call 625-9236.

Greenwich girls hockey team upended by St. Joseph
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
DARIEN -- Everything seemed to be in order for the Greenwich High School girls hockey team to capture what has eluded it in the past -- the coveted ...

Colombia's Peso Rises to Eight-Month High on Rates, Investment
Bloomberg - USA
... while the US continues to cut its benchmark rate,'' said Benito Berber, a macro-strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets in Greenwich, Connecticut. ...

Greenwich High School hockey player arrested
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
By Zach Lowe

STAMFORD - Police Saturday arrested the captain of the Greenwich High School hockey team after he got ejected, entered the stands in violation ...

Getty Images Agrees to Be Acquired by a Private Equity Firm
New York Times - New York City
Hellman has obtained financing commitments from Barclays Capital, GE Commercial Finance and RBS Greenwich Capital. The deal is expected to close in the ...

Greenwich Blog Posts

Still looking for Good Mexican Restaurants In Greenwich/Stamford ...
Just want something that is fairly traditional and seems fresh and good.
Chowhound's Latest » Tristate Region - http://www.chowhound.com/boards/20

2's and 3's Story Time
Where: Greenwich Library at Children's Constellation Room Drop-in story time for 2 and 3 year olds with a caregiver. Program includes stories, songs, movement and finger plays. No registration required but space is limited. ...
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Game #22 Greenwich vs. New Canaan FCIAC QF
Greenwich 58 New Canaan 49 FCIAC Quarterfinals from Fairfield Warde; February 2008.
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02/25/08 - Greenwich Newswire For Monday

Greenwich News Reports

Mail volume down Business slowing down at post office
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
Jared Feldman patronized a business on Friday he rarely visits anymore, even if it costs 41 cents to use and requires little effort.

Feldman, 29, stood inside the Greenwich post office on Valley Road with a stack of envelopes to mail. The letters weren't his. He was mailing them for a yacht club. Otherwise, with the advent of e-mail, instant messaging, online bill pay and other electronic communication, he has little reason to use the post office anymore....

... Postmasters around Green-wich said they've already noticed a drop in volume so far this year.

"I'm seeing a lot less," said Bob Palmer, Old Greenwich postmaster.

Part of the dip may be attributed to the expected post-holiday season when there are fewer items to be mailed, said Greenwich postmaster Doreen Reichard. But she said there's a lot of customers who are going online to send communication, forgoing the handwritten letter.

"E-mail is so impersonal," Reichard said.

Instead of fighting technology for business, the postal service is transforming its services, such as allowing customers to print address labels and stamps from a home computer and request home pick-up of packages.

"It helps them save a lot of time," Reichard said of her customers who use www.usps.com. "They are probably mailing more because of that."....

... Riverside postmaster Astor "Ozzie" Spezzano Jr. said he has embraced technology as a way to help customers. More people are using "click-and-ship," which is the package pick-up service.

Spezzano said he directs customers to use the service on the Web site, since it can be more efficient for some people instead of stopping by the office on East Putnam Avenue.

Greenwich resident Bill Galvin, 65, who used the Valley Road office on Friday, said that it makes sense for people to use the Internet when possible....

Getty Agrees to $2.1 Billion Private-Equity Buyout (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA
Barclays Capital and RBS Greenwich Capital are advising San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman on the purchase. The financing will be provided by Barclays, ...

TREASURIES-Bond prices tumble as US stocks firm
Reuters - USA
I think if you look for anything more than that, you're probably looking too far," said David Ader, Treasury market strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in ...

Getty Images to Sell Itself for $2.4 Billion
New York Times - New York City
But Hellman & Friedman has obtained financing commitments from Barclays Capital, General Electric’s GE Commercial Finance and RBS Greenwich Capital. ...

Greenwich church hopes to restore 'circle of trust'
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
By Hoa Nguyen

GREENWICH - Officials at Christ Church Greenwich are searching through old employment files to find any trace of two pedophiles said to have ...

Scholastic Roundup: Greenwich Academy squash teams wins New ...
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
Coached by Karen Schmidt-Fellner, Greenwich Academy won the coveted crown with 109 team points,easily outscoring runner-up Choate Rosemary Hall (89). ...

Word on the street Officials: Town must now embrace Avenue's status
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
By Hoa Nguyen

Already considered one of the priciest retail stretches in the region, Greenwich Avenue should make the most of its high-end reputation, ...

College Notes: Verrico stars for Loyola swim team
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
Jonathan O'Connor (Norwalk/Fairfield Prep) had an ECAC-qualifying time of 2:00.72 in the 200 butterfly for the Stags while Sasha Campbell (Greenwich) had a ...

Greenwich Blog Posts

Scarsdale is to Westchester as Greenwich is to Fairfield…
By Stephen Higley
As Greenwich dominates Fairfield County, Scarsdale has the richest and largest number of neighborhoods in the Higley 1000 in Westchester County. Four out of the five richest neighborhoods are found in Scarsdale including the 5th ...
The Higley 1000 - http://higley1000.com

Databases @ your library
Our Greenwich Library staff will provide a weekly half hour hands on introduction and practice on one database per session. Rosetta Stone provides a completely interactive online learning platform of language immersion designed to help ...
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02/24/08 - Greenwich Newswire For Sunday

Will Christ Church Be Able To Stop The Child Abuse?

Greenwich News Reports

Tate's apology at sentencing prompts questions
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
By Martin B. Cassidy

Jack Bausman heard Robert Tate, former Christ Church Greenwich choir director, confess Thursday to viewing child pornography and committing decades of sexual abuse of minors. But Bausman said he still has questions about Tate's admission that he had hired two pedophiles who preyed on choir boys.

At his sentencing Thursday, Tate, 66, apologized for knowingly hiring the two unidentified men and called himself "a coward" for firing the men but not turning them into police when they molested boys in the choir.

Bausman, a Christ Church parishioner who has known Tate for 34 years, said he had hoped for the benefit of parishioners that authorities would identify the men and say when they had worked at the church.

"The specifics I don't know and I don't believe they were part of the court record," said Bausman, one of the parishioners who helped put up Tate's $500,000 bond in January 2007. It is difficult to know what to think of Tate's admission without more information, Bausman said....

... Eugene Riccio, an attorney for Christ Church, on Friday said the current leadership of the church was unaware of the two pedophiles hired by Tate until prosecutors disclosed it last week and were reviewing whatever records and statements....

... Caldwell said Tate's actions had changed many lives including his own, playing a role in his leaving Russell's firm, though the former legal associates are still friends.

"Until yesterday, I don't think anybody knew the extent of what Mr. Tate was doing," Caldwell said Friday. "This guy dropped a neutron bomb on a community of people and changed their lives. What was said today, it certainly had a shocking effect on the parishioners."

Surging Greenwich stops New Canaan
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
That was how Greenwich High School's regular season played out, so why should the script for its first playoff game be any different? ...

Historical society attempting to save Mayo Ave. home slated for ...
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
"It is one of the most architecturally significant houses in Greenwich," said Nils Kerchus, consultant to The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich. ...

GHS boys ice hockey aims to end playoff drought against Trinity ...
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
By David Fierro As the eighth seed, the Greenwich High School boys hockey team entered the FCIAC Tournament quarterfinals last season against top-seeded ...

Greenwich Blog Post

Greenwich Choral Society
When: Sunday February 24th, 2008 - 05:30 PM Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium Dixieland Jazz Benefit Concert.
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02/23/08 - Greenwich Newswire For Saturday

Greenwich News Reports From The

Greenwich Time

Balancing strategy endorsed: Schools board confident of plan after ...
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
By Andrew Shaw

A legal opinion by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal supporting the state's racial balance statute has many Greenwich educators confident that their plans to racially balance local schools are valid.

In an opinion dated Thursday, Blumenthal said that a board can still use "race conscious measures" such as active recruitment and adjusting attendance zones, to racially balance schools, but cannot use race itself.

he issue was called into question last year after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered schools in Seattle and Louisville to stop assigning students based on race, saying that was a violation of equal protection guarantees.

The Supreme Court case and Blumenthal's decision are important in Greenwich because the Greenwich board was ordered by the state to racially balance New Lebanon School. The statute orders districts to ensure each school's racial make-up is not greater than 25 percent of the town's overall racial make-up.

Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg last year recommended the board try to racially balance New Lebanon School even while the Supreme Court case cast doubt, in the eyes of some, that racially balancing schools would now be considered unconstitutional because of the court's decision. Greenwich and the state Board of Education requested the opinion from Blumenthal.....

Greenwich High the FCIAC's hottest team heading into FCIAC tournament
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
By David Fierro

Winners of 14 of its last 15 games, it's safe to say that no one is thrilled to play the red-hot Greenwich High School boys basketball team ...

Greenwich Blog Posts

M&M Acting Co production of the play, Having Our Say
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Emily Mann, adapted from the book Having Our Say, based on the extraordinary lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany. ...
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02/22/08 - Greenwich Newswire For Friday

Demetrius Ferguson flies through traffic in Greenwich High s win over Westhill Monday.
(GREENWICH CITIZEN photo / Amy Mortensen)

Greenwich News Reports

Cards Flying High Into FCIAC Tournament
Greenwich Citizen - Greenwich,CT,USA
By Scott Ferrari If Greenwich High's boys' basketball team wanted a peek into the upcoming FCIAC tournament, Monday night's game against Westhill of ...

Really 'Rad' Relay
Greenwich Citizen - Greenwich,CT,USA
By Mike Madera When the weather was uncooperative this past week, the Greenwich High indoor track team was forced to use a different style to prepare for ...

I-95 southbound shut down in Greenwich for 2 hours
myfoxny.com - New York,NY,USA
GREENWICH, Conn. -- The state Department of Transportation reports that officials have cleared multiple tractor trailer accidents that had shut down ...

I-95 southbound shut down in Greenwich
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
GREENWICH, Conn. - The state Department of Transportation reports that multiple tractor trailer accidents have shut down southbound lanes in Greenwich . ...

State to audit Greenwich primary results
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USA
By Neil Vigdor

GREENWICH - Election officials in Greenwich are reluctantly preparing for a state-mandated audit of this month's Super Tuesday primary ...

AQR's Biggest Hedge Fund Fell Almost 15% Through Mid-February
Bloomberg - USA
... in the fourth quarter, said the people, who declined to be identified because the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm doesn't publicly disclose the data. ...

CMBX Signals Trouble In Commercial Property; 'Doesn't Make Sense'
Wall Street Journal - USA
"The level we're seeing in the CMBX right now just doesn't make sense," says Lisa Pendergast, managing director for RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, ...

Greenwich Blog Post

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Evaulating a Website
Where: Greenwich Library at Training Center This 1.5 hour session will offer tips and techniques for evaluating materials found on the Internet. Come to this session if you plan on using the Internet as one of your research ...
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02/22/08 - 'It's drudge work,' said Veronica Baron Musca, the town's Republican registrar of voters.

State to audit Greenwich primary results

Norwalk Advocate

GREENWICH - Election officials in Greenwich are reluctantly preparing for a state-mandated audit of this month's Super Tuesday primary results.

A dozen poll workers will hand count the ballots cast Feb. 5 at Greenwich High School, one of 71 polling precincts randomly chosen for the statewide audit.

The audit will start at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Town Hall meeting room and will be open to the public. A total of 874 ballots were recorded in the precinct during the primary. However, absentee ballots will not be part of the audit....

....Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz defended the system, which requires municipal election officials to send the hand count results to the University of Connecticut for a statistical analysis. A report on that analysis should be available in about a month, she said.

'I have had a few legislators say, 'Gee, maybe in the future we won't need this.' I would fight that,' Bysiewicz said. 'I think from the voters standpoint and from the standpoint of the integrity of the election process, it's important to do a random audit each year to ensure people that their vote is being counted properly and that, if there is fraud, we can ferret that out.'

Municipalities chosen for the random audit will receive reimbursement for 'reasonable' expenses incurred from the process, Bysiewicz said.

'Yes, it does cost some time and effort, but I think it is a worthwhile investment in the security and integrity of our election process,' Bysiewicz said.

According to Bysiewicz, the vast majority of the 702 electronic voting machines used in the state worked without incident on Feb. 5. Six of the machines needed replacement because either their memory cards that read the paper ballots were improperly programmed or because of technical problems such as paper jams.

Musca said she had confidence in the machines' accuracy.

'There's no way you can make a mistake. You color in your ovals and the machine reads it,' she said. 'It's as good as scanning their can of peas (at the supermarket). If they trust the price on their can of peas, they should trust this as well.'

Original Norwalk Advocate article: State to audit Greenwich primary results

02/22/08 - The eight-bedroom, nine-bathroom three-family dwelling will be two and 1/2 stories high and include an eight-car garage below grade

Diamond Hill Church Wins Re-Zoning Permit to Build 3-Family Dwelling

By PATRICIA McCORMACK

The Board of Trustees of Diamond Hill Church at 525 E. Putnam Ave. won a re-zoning permit from the Planning and Zoning Commission last week.

The action in a 5-0 vote was coupled with the awarding of a final site plan/special permit to start construction of the new unit that replaces two single dwellings on the 36,311 square-foot property.

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02/22/08 - The initial problem was reported with just one truck accident. Later the DOT issued the report of multiple accidents.

I-95 southbound shut down in Greenwich for 2 hours

Hartford Courant

The state Department of Transportation reports that officials have cleared multiple tractor trailer accidents that had shut down southbound lanes in Greenwich.

The DOT says all southbound lanes between exits 3 and 2 were closed for about two hours.....

02/22/08 - News Reports From Greenwich Time

Painting program encourages children to use their imaginations

By Meredith Blake

Jessica Aselin, 7, placed her stuffed brown puppy May in front of her and carefully traced its features -- the long face and floppy ears -- onto the dog in her painting.

She was asked to create a story on paper, using tempera paint, during a children's program at the Bush-Holley Historic Site, and May was the main character.....
Former choir director sentenced to 5 1/2 years in child porn case

By Martin B. Cassidy

After owning up to 40 years of sexually abusing minors overseas and viewing hundreds more in illicit pictures, Robert F. Tate, the former Christ Church Greenwich music director caught with child pornography, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison yesterday.

"There are many people who, all my life, thought I was a good choir master and a good person and a good example for their kids," Tate, 66, said. "I want those people to know today that I was a terrible choir master, a terrible person and I harmed those kids."

As Christ Church parishioners and lawyers looked on, Tate told U.S. District Court Judge Alan Nevas that he never assaulted choir members under his instruction at the church, but did have sex with boys in Thailand, the Philippines and Costa Rica. He also said he knowingly hired two pedophiles to work in the Christ Church choir, standing by when they assaulted choir boys and then quietly firing them.....

Music director's love of music inspires him to travel the world
By Meredith Blake

Trekking alone across the Karakoram Range, Christopher Kabala learned about a new culture, largely unaffected by the world events unfolding just hours away.

"This is not the Pakistan that you read about in the papers," he said, "It is one of the most peaceful places in the world."

Kabala, 61, a pianist, and music director at the Round Hill Community Church, traveled to the country last August to go trekking....
Two teens hurt in crash

By Hoa Nguyen

Two Greenwich teenagers were in critical condition and two other people were hospitalized for minor injuries following a three-car accident yesterday on East Putnam Avenue in Cos Cob.

The accident involving a dark red Jeep sport utility vehicle, gray Volvo sedan and gray Subaru station wagon, occurred shortly before 6 p.m. by the Citgo gas station in Cos Cob, police said.

The SUV carrying the teenagers was traveling west when it struck the Volvo and then the Subaru, police said. The roof of the SUV was ripped open, and one of the teenagers was ejected, officials said

02/21/08 - Another Negitive National Headline About Greenwich. What Dose The Rest Of The Country Think Of This Town?

Ex-music director at Conn. church gets prison over child porn

From: KVIA-TV El Paso

An ex-music director at a Greenwich, Connecticut, church has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.

Sixty-6-year-old Robert Tate must also pay a $50,000 fine and participate in sex offender treatment.

Tate last year pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. He then spent several weeks at long-term treatment centers for sexually deviant behavior.

Tate was choir director for 34 years at Christ Church, creating a music program that gained an international reputation.

Former President George Bush -- who now lives in Houiston -- attended that church while growing up. Funeral services for the ex-president's parents were held at Christ Church....

Former Christ Church Greenwich Choir Master sentenced to 5 1/2 ...
Stamford Advocate, CT
BRIDGEPORT -- Robert F. Tate, the former Christ Church Greenwich music director who pleaded guilty last year to possession of child pornography, ...

Ex-music director at Conn. church gets prison over child porn KTRE, TX Tate was choir director for 34 years at Christ Church, creating a music program that gained an international reputation. Former President George Bush -- who ...

Authorities: Music director hired pedophile at Greenwich church Newsday, NY ... Robert Tate faces nine to 11 years in prison under guidelines when he is sentenced Thursday. Tate was choir director for 34 years at Christ Church, ...

Church Choir Director Hired a Pedophile, Prosecutors Say
New York Times, United States
Mr. Tate, 65, was choir director for 34 years at Christ Church, an Episcopal church, and he created a music program that gained an international reputation. ...

02/21/08 - NY Civil Liberties Union and Moxley Murder Blogger Files Lawsuit Against The New York Police Department

Former 'Newsday' Cops Reporter Levitt Suing NYPD On Denied Press Pass

By Joe Strupp - Editor And Publisher

NEW YORK The New York Civil Liberties Union and a longtime former Newsday police reporter have filed suit against the New York City Police Department seeking information related to the denial of a press pass for the reporter. Leonard Levitt, who claims he held a police press pass for 24 years as a reporter at Newsday, the New York Post, and Associated Press, contends he was wrongly denied a renewal in 2007. Although he left Newsday in 2005, Levitt has been reporting on police department issues at his Web site, NYPDConfidential.com, according to a press release.

Levitt also drew attention in the 1990's for breaking new ground in the famed Martha Moxley murder case in Greenwich, Conn. That case stemmed from the 1975 death of Moxley, a 15-year-old whose murder remained unsolved until the 2002 conviction of her neighbor, Michael Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy and a longtime suspect. Levitt also wrote a 2005 book about the case titled: "Conviction: Solving the Moxley Murder" (Regan Books).

"In May 2007, following the NYPD’s sudden revocation of…Levitt’s press pass, the NYCLU served the NYPD with a formal request under the state’s Freedom of Information Law to disclose relevant information about the Department’s policy to issue or deny press passes," the release stated. "It also requested information specifically related to the decision to revoke Levitt’s pass. Over the past nine months, the NYPD has ignored the NYCLU’s request, violated statutory deadlines for responding to such requests, and denied an administrative appeal asking for a timely response."....

....“We want to ensure that the NYPD is applying its press pass policy uniformly and fairly,” NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman stated in the release. “New Yorkers are entitled to know if the NYPD is stifling investigate reporting aimed at uncovering inappropriate, illicit or illegal behavior within the Department.” The plaintiffs claim that the revocation of Levitt's pass is in retaliation for his reporting, stating: "Through his site, Levitt has reported on the NYPD’s failure to pay its bills on time, the arrest of an NYPD narcotics officer who was involved in drug-smuggling, and police brutality." “I think we’re going to find that this was strictly retaliatory,” Levitt added. “The police department has issued press passes to all kinds of people who they shouldn’t have according to their policy, but not to those who are in need and deserving of a pass....

02/21/08 - Another Greenwich Gossip Post From The Amost Amazing Bill Clark

Why the Town Fathers Won't Allow a Holiday Inn in Greenwich

by Bill Clark

Your scribe has a number of favorite blogs he enjoys visiting, and on one of them he found the following, which he hastens to share with his readership:

NO NURSING HOME FOR US

Guess what, Holiday Inn offers 24 hour service 7 days a week around the clock!!!!!

How is that compared to Nursing Homes rip off??????

No nursing home for us. We are checking into the Holiday Inn!

With the average cost for a nursing home care costing $188.00 per day, there is a better way when we get old & feeble. We have already checked on reservations at the Holiday Inn. For a combined long term stay discount, plus senior discount, it's $49.23 per night. That leaves $138.77 a day for: Breakfast, lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service, laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. Plus, they provide a swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. $5 worth of tips a day will have the entire staff scrambling to help you. They treat you like a customer, not a patient.

There is a city bus stop out front, and seniors ride free. The handicap bus will also pick you up (if you fake a decent limp). To meet other nice people, call a church bus on Sundays. For a change of scenery, take the airport shuttle bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants there. While you're at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise, the cash keeps building up. It takes months to get into decent nursing homes. Holiday Inn will take your reservation today. And you are not stuck in one place forever, you can move from Inn to Inn, or even from city to city.

Want to see Hawaii? They have a Holiday Inn there too.
TV broken?
Light bulbs need changing?
Need a mattress replaced?
No problem!
They fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience.

The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid checks to see if you are ok. If not, they will call the undertaker or an ambulance. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. And no worries about visits from family. They will always be glad to find you, and probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grand kids can use the pool.

What more can you ask for?

What more, indeed? Sounds like a great idea to your scribe! Unfortunately, there is no Holiday Inn in Greenwich, nor is there likely ever to be one. Why?

Well, just think, dear reader: all those retirees would jam the place and use the local address to get beach cards, vote in Town elections, and perhaps even run for the RTM! Or perhaps some political wannabe will get all his retired friends to move here and vote him in as First Selectman, or State congressperson, or even run against Chris Shays for Congress. Heaven forfend!

No, gentle reader, you may be quite sure that the Town Fathers will never allow a Holiday Inn here in Greenwich. The would-be interlopers will have to make do with Stamford or Mount Kisco instead, which are the only HI's in our immediate vicinity. Whew! Another crisis averted in Town!

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02/21/08 - Stop The Coverup - Since When Is Joesph Siciliano A Criminal Investigator?

Joseph siciliano And The Parks Department Are Now In Charge Of Felonies In Greenwich.

Who’s forging beach passes? Greenwich begins investigation

By Ken Borsuk, Staff Reporter - Greenwich Post

An internal investigation is under way into what could be counterfeit beach passes, parking stickers and marina permits.

(Comment: The Criminals Have Been Tipped Off And Are Probably Destroying Evidence While Parks Director And Key Stone Cop Joesph Siciliano Screws Up This Felony Investigation.)

According to Joseph Siciliano, the town’s director of parks and recreation, the department was provided with a binder earlier this month containing copies of the allegedly counterfeit material and information that identified who is believed to be responsible. Mr. Siciliano said he reviewed the material and the department is proceeding with an internal look.

(Comment: Meanwhile The Felon Is Removing And Destroying His Computer Hard Drive)

“I have photocopies of what is supposedly a knockoff,” Mr. Siciliano said. “We’ve been investigating since these were provided to our office. There are photocopies in here of passes from 2005 and 2006, but none from last year. We are looking at the names and addresses on the copies and we will see where we go from here.”

(Comment: Why Is Th is Taking So Long? Maybe Mr. Siciliano taking on-line courses at the Gibbs School of Criminal Justice In Norwalk?)

Mr. Siciliano said the material was “delivered” to the office, but declined to provide any more information about who had brought it there and why.

(Comment: Some On Walked In To Mr. Siciliano's Office And Reported A Felony And Theft From His Employer, Why Didn't Mr. Siciliano Immediately Pick Up The Phone And Call The Greenwich Police Department?)

“We are going to pursue this and we will either end up with something we can provide the police department to act on, or it will be a dead end,” Mr. Siciliano said. “We are continuing to pursue this to the best of our ability.”

(Comment: To The "Best Of Your Ability" !!! Hello, You Are Not Propperly Trained To Conduct A felony Investigation !!!! Call The Police Department !!!!)

As of Tuesday, the Greenwich Police Department was not involved in the matter other being informed about it.

“This is being handled by the Parks and Recreation Department,” Public Information Officer Lt. Daniel Allen said Tuesday. “They have spoken to me and we told them that we would assist them in any form or fashion if they require our assistance.”

Lt. Allen said the ball is now in the department’s court as to how it wants to proceed. However, there are already strong urgings from Town Hall that the police should get involved.

(Comment: The Greenwich Police Department Is Aware Of A Felony Being Committed Against The Town, And It Has Not Immediately Started An Investigation. Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg Should Immediately Send A Greenwich Police Detective To The Parks Department To Gather All Evidence Involving This Felony.)

When reached for comment on Monday, First Selectman Peter Tesei told the Post he felt this should be a police investigation and not something done internally by the department.

“Any offense of this nature, whether it involves beach passes or parking stickers, is an offense,” Mr. Tesei said. “Joe Siciliano should not be unilaterally undertaking an investigation. That’s not his job. He’s been made aware of something and this should now be turned over to the police. End of story.”
(Comment: Mr. Siciliano Is Being Insubordinate For Not Following First Selectman Peter Tesei's Directions. Why Is Mr. Siciliano Being So Stuborn? Is He Trying To Protect Someone?)

Mr. Tesei said he had been briefed by Mr. Siciliano on the matter and planned to meet with him again this week.

On Tuesday, Mr. Siciliano confirmed that Mr. Tesei had made his wishes clear. He said the investigation is still focused on background work he termed “homework” and that he was doing work the police would need to proceed with any criminal investigation. He said he would turn the investigation over to the police when there was something concrete to provide, and he believed Mr. Tesei understood.
(Comment: Please See Previous Comment. Mr. Siciliano Is Being Ridiculous.)

One factor hindering the investigation, Mr. Siciliano said, was that the passes were from 2005 and 2006 and it would be hard to track down the information needed because the department’s database is updated every year and the previous year’s data is eliminated.
(Comment: It Is Hard For Mr. Siciliano To Track Down Information, Because He Is Not A Trained Greenwich Police Investigator With Years Of Experience. The Greenwich Police Department Even Has Experience At Recovering Computer Data That Has Been Deleted.)

“We’ve been getting some dead ends on some information and we don’t have the information to go on for other leads,” Mr. Siciliano said.
(Comment: This Guy Is Siciliano Is Unreal. Stop The Coverup And Call The Proffessional Criminal Investigators At The Greenwich Police Department. The Phone Number Is 622-8000.)

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Second season or bust GHS hockey starts postseason run as No. 5 ...
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
For boys hockey senior defender Brian Milazzo, something about the Greenwich High School team’s upcoming tournament feels vaguely familiar. ...

Controversy draws more people to Greenwich Library talk
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
Last week’s speaker at Greenwich Library drew more than 300 attendees but only in part because of the topic. After controversy surrounding the scheduling, ...

Bird's eye view As Greenwich project goes to hearing, players take ...
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
Sitting on a 37-acre parcel it leases from the Greenwich Reform Synagogue, the new buildings’ total floor space will be 171993 square feet. ...

Who’s forging beach passes? Greenwich begins investigation
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
As of Tuesday, the Greenwich Police Department was not involved in the matter other being informed about it. “This is being handled by the Parks and ...

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Frantz to run for Nickerson Senate seat
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
By Neil Vigdor GREENWICH - In a passing of the torch for Greenwich Republicans, L. Scott Frantz announced his bid last night to replace longtime incumbent ...

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Newsday - Long Island,NY
A former Bridgeport man admits he was the gunman behind the botched robbery of nearly $5 million from a Greenwich jewelry store. Thirty-seven-year-old ...

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The Raw Greenwich News Feed For Thursday

1. An easy choice for Reed Elsevier

   SNL Financial

   ... company's current focus is on a "more integrated synergistic and cohesive" operating model. Investors, including Greenwich, Conn.-based Blue Harbour Group LP , a private equity firm that owns about 4.6 million shares, or 6.5%, of ChoicePoint stock, ...

   
   

   Tags: Publishing, Media, Alpharetta, GA,Reed Elsevier,

2. Boeing Suspends Some Work on Short-Haul 787 to Focus on Long-Haul Version

   Bloomberg

   ... this point it seems more of a drag on the program than a benefit,'' said Douglas Runte, managing director at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. Runte said the short-haul model now accounts for less than 5 percent of Boeing's orders for ...

   
   

   Tags: France, Midi-Pyrenees, World News, Toulouse

3. Former 'Newsday' Cops Reporter Levitt Suing NYPD On Denied Press Pass

   Editor & Publisher

   ... Levitt also drew attention in the 1990's for breaking new ground in the famed Martha Moxley murder case in Greenwich, Conn. That case stemmed from the 1975 death of Moxley, a 15-year-old whose murder remained unsolved until the 2002 conviction of ...

   
   

   Tags: New York Metro, Drugs

4. Asian Equities In 2007: Growth, Uninterrupted

   Securitization.Net

   Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Greenwich, CT USA - The rest of the financial world may have been preoccupied with the global credit crisis throughout the summer and fall of 2007, but equity markets throughout ...

   
   

5. Blue Harbour Group Comments on Choicepoint Acquisition

   PR Newswire

   GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Harbour Group, which owns about 4.6 million shares of Choicepoint Inc.

   
   

   Tags: Financial Services, Choice Point, Insurance
   
   Chris Russo, Chris Shays and the steroid politics of Mike and the Mad Dog

6. Minuteman

   ... 2008 election working to
   

7. unseat Shays and pledged his support to Shays' probable Democratic opponent, Jim Himes of Greenwich. "Here's the thing about Shays," Russo told his audience Feb. 12. "I'm gonna go out of my way in November. We're gonna get ...

   
   

8. The Opening Bell

   CJR Daily

   ... 2000s has come to an end," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners, a research and trading firm in Greenwich, Conn. "That is over." The Los Angeles Times reports that the Fed's openness about its tilt toward promoting growth instead of ...

   
   

9. Man indicted as suspect in arcade theft

   Asbury Park Press Online

   ... where, police allege, he tried to use the theft victim's bank card later the same day. Twomey was arrested in Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 29 after a manhunt. He waived extradition and was returned to New Jersey to face charges in connection with the ...

   
   

   Tags: Seaside Hieghts, NJ, Ocean County, Bergan County, Teaneck

10. Boys playoff pairings set

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... Central (11-7). Trinity meets Danbury (11-7) at 7 p.m., while No. 4 New Canaan (15-3) meets No. 5 Greenwich (14-4) at 5 p.m. Bassick (15-3), the No. 3 seed, tips off against No. 6 Harding (13-5) at noon followed by St. Joseph-Central at 2 p.m. ...

    
    

11. GHS basketball ends regular season with eight-game win streak

    Norwalk Advocate

    The Greenwich High School boys basketball team closed out the regular season with a 51-41 win at Trumbull last night.

    
    

12. Antares sued for $19.4M by former partner

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... did construction work on condominium projects in Armonk, N.Y., and two of the company's troubled projects in Greenwich - the conversion of the Putnam Green and Weaver's Hill apartment complexes into condominiums, according to the suit. The suit ...

    
    

13. Restaurant review: B.J. Ryan's

    Norwalk Advocate

    Foodie predictors say this is the year of Japanese fusion, French bistro and nuevo Latino - all in established dining meccas like Greenwich's Greenwich Avenue, SoNo and Stamford's Columbus Park.

    
    

14. State urged to dump bottled water

    Norwalk Advocate

    HARTFORD - Lawmakers yesterday urged the state to break its three-year contract with Nestle Waters North America Inc., a Greenwich company that supplies Poland Spring bottled water to offices.

    
    

    Tags: Stamford, New Haven Metro

15. Reliving history of the Revolution Putnam Cottage plans special events for Sunday

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... General Israel Putnam took a treacherous ride on horseback down a steep hill to rally American troops and save Greenwich from a British attack. 'It's part of Greenwich history,' said Sue Jayes, a member of the Putnam Hill Chapter of the Daughters ...

    
    

    Tags: Stamford, CT

16. Grand List gains surpass forecast

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... this year than there were at this point last year,' Gwartney said. Commercial assessments totaled $4.3 billion. Greenwich Plaza, a 2.8-acre office complex next to the train station and Interstate 95, maintained its perch atop the commercial ...

    
    

    Tags: Real Estate

17. Brunswick hockey nips Rye for fourth straight

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... a better road trip and you couldn't script better timing.' However, it was the script for Brunswick's return to Greenwich that had some kinks to be worked out. In the Bruins' first game back at Hartong Rink they outlasted Rye Country Day 3-2 ...

    
    

    Tags: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

18. Maya Way

    Hartford Courant

    Over the course of the next month, coaches and media voting for Big East and national player of the year awards will tackle the interesting problem of what to do with UConn freshman Maya Moore.

19. Venice Little Theatre offers program for young thespians

    HeraldTribune.com

    ... Venice, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays. Payment is by cash or check. Call 486-2487. The 24th annual Greenwich, Conn., Florida reunion is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 1 at Jacaranda West Country Club, 1901 Jacaranda Blvd., Venice. ...

    
    

    Tags: Family, Teenagers, Sarasota, FL

20. Wall St rallies on optimism about tech, rate cuts

    Theedgedaily.com

    ... but (the Fed) appears willing to go down that path," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners LLC, in Greenwich, Connecticut. "They basically suggested that policy is likely to remain easier for a while." The Dow Jones industrial average ...

    
    

    Tags: IBM, Jones Apparel Group, Apparel, Financial Markets, Hewlett Packard

21. Culture Cash

    Hartford Courant

    ... and 'Robots,' announced that it was moving its headquarters and 300 jobs from New York 's Westchester County to Greenwich . The 'Hollywood East' task force, set up by House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, is involving local universities to ...